Top 10 eSports Startup Investors in Australia (July 2026)

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• Academy Xi — At Academy Xi, we help APAC's largest and most sophisticated organisations optimise performance with concise, actionable training solutions.
• DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,328,201 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!
• York Street Brands — York Street Brands, formed by the merger of Boost Lab and tbh Skincare specializes in serums that target a range of skin concerns.

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• Heatseeker — Determine how successful your business, product or campaign will be before launching by testing your products and messaging with AI-powered digital campaigns.
• Zena Sport — The most advanced Female Chest Protectors for Contact Sports. Using a patented design developed after 3 years of research and testing, Zena Sport Chest Protectors are ultimate essential to elevate your performance on game day. Reduces your risk of injury, wear Zena Sport and play fearlessly!
• GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.

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• Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
• SPEC Toolbox — CLT Toolbox offers sustainable design of structural materials, using software to clear through the clutter and make design simple. CLT Toolbox is building structural design software to make mass timber as easy as concrete or steel.
• Mass Dynamics — Mass Dynamics exists to enable more life scientists to accelerate their studies using Mass Spectrometry (MS). It's our contribution towards enriching lives and freeing humanity and society from the burden of disease. Mass Dynamics includes Enrichment Analysis based on GSEA algorithms and utilises Gene Ontology (GO) and Reactome knowledge bases.

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• TradeGecko — Powerful Automated Inventory Management Software for Wholesale and Multichannel eCommerce with a B2B Ordering Platform, and Mobile plus Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon Integrations.
• Catapult — Discover Catapult. The cutting-edge sports technology, data analytics, and insights that will unleash your team's and athletes' potential.
• Integrated Portfolio Solutions — Integrated Portfolio Solutions is an independently owned and operated administration platform, built by advisors for advisors.Through incorporating the technology and market reach of our key business partners, IPS provides an end-to-end solution that removes the complexities of dealing with numerous organisations to make the integration betweeninvestment execution and portfolio administration a seamless experience.What you will notice with IPS compared to institutionally owned platforms is a personalised service, a desire to embrace change and take advantage of new technology and a team focused on the efficient administration of advisor portfolios.We understand different advice businesses have different needs and we retain the flexibility to tailor our platform to suit the specific needs of different organisations. The result is an extremely cost effective platform that is unique to the Australian market at this time.IPS was designed with two key drivers in mind. To develop a leading edge platform to help financial advisors run their business more efficiently by removing all client portfolio administration from their workload. Secondly, being mindful of the margin pressures faced by financial advisors, and therefore keeping fees to a minimum and market leading level.IPS offers a truly integrated portfolio administration solution through the incorporation of administration, reporting, SMSF, research, CRM functionality, and instruction management to give advisors, staff and clients a cohesive, branded, genuine fee-for-service solution.

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• GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.

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• Multitudes — Multitudes provides data-led insights and recommendations so your software engineering teams can work better together.
• Driven — Driven provides scientifically proven resilience assessment, research and training programs that are designed for individuals and organisations.
• GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.

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• Lil Snack — New pop-culture games & puzzles every day!
• Spuree — Cheehoo is an AI-powered animation platform designed to accelerate animation production for various users, including artists, brands, and studios.
• Five Iron Golf — Five Iron offers a unique indoor golf experience for golfers and non-golfers alike. Enjoy golf simulators, lessons, a sports bar, and more.

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• Diamond Kinetics — Helping players get better - and have more fun while doing it. Experience baseball and softball like never before with the Diamond Kinetics Bat Sensor and App.
• The Realest — The first dedicated marketplace and authentication standard for physical memorabilia.
• International Dance League —

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• JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
• REALas — REALas provides Australia's most accurate price predictions on properties listed for sale. This includes auctions and private sales. Nationally, on average we've predicted within 5% of the sale price over the past 12 months.Visit https://REALas.comREALas started with a conversation between friends who were determined to givebuyers more realistic price predictions to guide their bids at auctions or offers at private sales.In 2011, we set out to develop the smartest property price prediction service in Australia. An international search led us to some incredibly talented data scientists, right here in Australia, at RMIT University.Using the latest research in data science, lots of property data, local market knowledge from property experts, and input from buyers - we developed our proprietary algorithm.And so, REALas was born.Fast forward to today, REALas has been rigorously tested across the Australian market. Nationally, on average we’ve predicted within 5% of the sale price over the 12 month period beginning Sep 16 to Aug 17. And we have not stopped there. Our algorithm continues to adapt as the market changes.In 2016, ANZ acquired REALas so we can continue in our pursuit to provide the most accurate predictions in the Australian property market, and supports us in the work we do from afar.REALas will continue to keep it real for property buyers so they don’t waste their time out there.
• GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.

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• Triggr — Own Triggr.ai today. Secure checkout and guided transfer support. No hidden fees.
• Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
• GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.